prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD.

Faculty: Faculty of Economic Informatics

Department: Department of Operations Research and Econometrics

Position: professor

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Scientific-pedagogical characteristics of the person

Second degree of higher education

Study field and programme: Teaching general education subjects mathematics and computer science, 1996, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University in Bratislava

Third degree of higher education

Study field and programme: 62-49-9 Econometrics and operations research, 2005, University of Economics in Bratislava

Associate professor

Study field and programme: 3.3.25 Econometrics and operations research, 2010, University of Economics in Bratislava

Professor

Study field and programme: 3.3.25 Econometrics and operations research, 2016, University of Economics in Bratislava

Current and previous employment

Assistant
University of Economics in Bratislava
1996-2010

Associate Professor
University of Economics in Bratislava
2010-2016

Professor
University of Economics in Bratislava
2016-

Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

Number of defended theses

Bachelor's (first degree): 20

Diploma (second degree): 50

Dissertation (third degree): 4

Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 41

Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 124

Number of invited lectures at the international, national level: 9

The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Location Problem of Osmia Cornuta Nesting Aids for Optimum Pollination / PEKÁR, Juraj - REIFF, Marian - BREZINA, Ivan. In Plos One. - San Francisco : Public Library of Science. ISSN 1932-6203, 2020, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. [10] online.

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index Level of Concentration Values Modification and Analysis of Their Change / Ivan Brezina, Juraj Pekár, Zuzana Čičková, Marian Reiff. In: Central European Journal of Operations Research. - Heidelberg : Springer. - ISSN 1435-246X. - Vol. 24, no. 1 (2016), pp. 49-72.

Portfolio performance measurement using differential evolution / Juraj Pekár, Zuzana Čičková, Ivan Brezina. - VEGA 1/0104/12. In Central European journal of operations research [elektronický zdroj]. - [s.l.] : Springer, 2016. - ISSN 1435-246X. - Vol. 24, no. 2 (2016), pp. 421-433 online. 

"SOMA in financial modeling / Juraj Pekár, Zuzana Čičková, Ivan Brezina. In Self-organizing migrating algorithm : methodology and implementation / editors: Donald Davendra, Ivan Zelinka. - Cham : Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland, 2016. - ISBN 978-3-319-28159-9. - ISSN 1860-949X. - S. 237-254 [1,5 AH]. " 

Empirical Distribution of Daily Stock Returns of Selected Developing and Emerging Markets with Application to Financial Risk Management / Juraj Pekár, Mário Pčolár. In: Central European Journal of Operations Research. - Heidelberg : Springer. - ISSN 1435-246X. - Vol. 30, no. 2 (2022), pp. 699-731 online.

The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Location Problem of Osmia Cornuta Nesting Aids for Optimum Pollination / PEKÁR, Juraj - REIFF, Marian - BREZINA, Ivan. In Plos One. - San Francisco : Public Library of Science. ISSN 1932-6203, 2020, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. [10] online.

Empirical Distribution of Daily Stock Returns of Selected Developing and Emerging Markets with Application to Financial Risk Management / Juraj Pekár, Mário Pčolár. In: Central European Journal of Operations Research. - Heidelberg : Springer. - ISSN 1435-246X. - Vol. 30, no. 2 (2022), pp. 699-731.

Electromobility and Its Relationship with the Economic Development and Air Pollution in the EU Area / Erik Šoltés, Ivan Brezina, Juraj Pekár.

In: Geografický časopis : [recenzovaný vedecký časopis] = Geographical Journal. - Bratislava : Geografický ústav SAV, 2021. - ISSN 0016-7193. - Roč. 73, č. 2 (2021), s. 103-123 online.

The Last Dozen of Years of OR Research in Czechia and Slovakia / Josef Jablonský, Michal Černý, Juraj Pekár. In: Central European Journal of Operations Research. - Heidelberg : Springer. - ISSN 1435-246X. - Vol. 30, no. 2 (2022), pp. 435-447.

Pekár J, Brezina I, Reff M. Determining the investors’ strategy during the COVID-19 crisis based on the S&P 500 stock index. Strategic Management-International Journal of Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management. 2022 Dec 8.

The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

APVV Slovakia-Serbia SK-SRB-18 Optimization of logistics processes using electric cars and their ICT solutions. Responsible researcher: prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2019 – 2021

Visegrad Fund Project No. 21830031 SimplexV4 common free Tool development and Day. Member of the research team prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2019-2020

COST CA 19130 – Fintech and Artificial Intelligence in Finance – Towards a transparent financial industry. Project coordinator: Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, Research team member prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2020 – 2024

HORIZONT2020* 625215 Financial Supervision and Technological Compliance Training Program. Member of the research team prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2019-2020

VEGA grant no. 1/0120/23 „Environmental models as a tool for ecological and economic decisions making“ Member of the research team prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2023-2025 

Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

APVV Slovakia-Serbia SK-SRB-18 Optimization of logistics processes using electric cars and their ICT solutions. Responsible researcher: prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2019 – 2021

Visegrad Fund Project No. 21830031 SimplexV4 common free Tool development and Day. Member of the research team prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2019-2020

COST CA 19130 – Fintech and Artificial Intelligence in Finance – Towards a transparent financial industry. Project coordinator: Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, Research team member prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2020 – 2024

HORIZONT2020* 625215 Financial Supervision and Technological Compliance Training Program. Member of the research team prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2019-2020

VEGA grant no. 1/0120/23 „Environmental models as a tool for ecological and economic decisions making“ Member of the research team prof. Mgr. Juraj Pekár, PhD. Solution period: 2023-2025 

Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

Past-President
Slovak Society for Operations Research, member of The Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO), member of The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS)
2023-

Vice president
The Slovak Society for Economic Informatics
2016-

member
Doctoral Program Board, member of the commission at CTU in Prague, Faculty of Transportation Sciences
2020-

member
International Evaluation Panel TU Ostrava
2020

Associate Editor
Central European Journal of Operations Research
2021-

Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

University of Economics in Prague, Praha
11.-17.3.2013,
Erasmus+
University of Economics in Prague, Praha
15.-21.1.2017,
Erasmus+
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Institute of social and humanitarian knowledge Kazan, Moskva, Kazaň
17-22.10.2017,
Invited lectures (financed by VEGA)
Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, Lisabon, Portugalsko
18.-22.7.2022,
Erasmus+
Tashkent State University of Economics, Taškent, Uzbekistan
5.-12.10.2022,
Invited lectures (financed by VEGA)
Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training University, Almaty, Kazachstan
21.-28.10.2023,
Invited lectures (financed by VEGA)
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
26.08.2024 – 30.08.2024,
ERASMUS+